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Tom Higson

Joining the ranks of the Surf Europe team as tea boy back in 2006, Txomin Higson new little on how to make a good cuppa and even less about riding waves. However, over the course of the last 8 years, the beachbreaks of Anglet in SW France have done wonders to his duckdive and subsequently earned the proud Swiss fence-sitter a hard-fought promotion to online editorial assistant.

Recent Articles By Tom

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Mad Dog Kieren Perrow wins Pipe

Australian mad dog Kieren Perrow, last year’s runner-up to Jérémy Flores, goes all the way this year taking down Parko in the final and requalifing...

Mad Dog Kieren Perrow wins Pipe
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Billabong Pipe Masters Day 1 Highlights

10 to 12 feet but not many were staying open, it was the locals who dominated the opening day of the Billabong Pipe Masters.

Billabong Pipe Masters Day 1 Highlights
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Feral lineups in British Columbia

Tipping Barrels from Sitka on Vimeo. Tipping Barrels, a short by Arran and Reid Jackson, highlights the environmental pressures this pristine coastline brimming with wildlife faces...

Feral lineups in British Columbia
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Top Ten Surfer Poll Awards - Dane blubbs

A few entertaining highlights from this year’s Surfer Poll Awards included Dane Reynolds booing on stage and the time it took Bruce Irons to find...

Top Ten Surfer Poll Awards - Dane blubbs
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Kolohe. Hawaii.

These days it’s all about the rookie behatches huh? Medina just won two events. John John is Triple Crown ratings leader after his win at...

Kolohe. Hawaii.
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Big Swell Expected for Opening Day of Billabong Pipe Masters

Word is Pipe should fire up for the first day of the waiting period, and that is tomozza so don’t get caught napping. In the...

Big Swell Expected for Opening Day of Billabong Pipe Masters
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Icons of Aloha - Rob Machado

With the Winter North Shore season underway, Reef pays tribute to iconic surfers of the Islands with the launch of their ‘Icons of Aloha’ campaign....

Icons of Aloha - Rob Machado
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North Shore's Eric Arakawa

Independent surfboard designer Eric Arakawa reflects on finding the path and passion that unintentionally led him to become a world renowned surfboard craftsman. In this short...

North Shore's Eric Arakawa
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Icons of Aloha - Shane Dorian

With the Winter North Shore season underway, Reef pays tribute to iconic surfers of the Islands with the launch of their ‘Icons of Aloha’ campaign....

Icons of Aloha - Shane Dorian
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Atlantic Slab Session

Hugh Galloway, Matt Capel and Fergal Smith tow into a few angry ones in Ireland.

Atlantic Slab Session
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2011 Reef Hawaiian Pro Final Day Highlights

The North Shore finally gets some surf (average shoulder-high but waves all the same) and Taj takes out the First Jewel of the 2011 Triple...

2011 Reef Hawaiian Pro Final Day Highlights
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Watery Highlights from WA Ry Craike's year

A radom assortment of Ry Craike’s better moments this year.

Watery Highlights from WA Ry Craike's year
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Pray for the Jonnys - By Ozzie Wrong

Ozzy Wright’s latest film release takes a refreshing look at some of surfing’s unusual suspect’s, featuring Ozzie, David Vlug, Ben Godwin, Al Knost and Junkyard...

Pray for the Jonnys - By Ozzie Wrong
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Howlin' in Mexico - Alex Gray

Cut to howling offshores and howlin’ wolfe, Alex Gray produces another solid short for Volcom’s Coming of Ageless series while in Mex.

Howlin' in Mexico - Alex Gray
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Kelly Pipes Up About Wave Pool Tussle with Greg Webber

After a recent article published on Swellnet titled ‘Kelly Slater almost sunk in wave pool wrangle‘ attempted to lay discredit to Kelly’s wave pool campany,...

Kelly Pipes Up About Wave Pool Tussle with Greg Webber
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Ciao, ciao! - World Longboard Title decided in Italia

Bear Pro 2011 Final Day After a mammoth series of lay days spent eating tasty foccacia, drinking strong black coffee and saying ‘buon giorno!’ really loudly,...

Ciao, ciao! - World Longboard Title decided in Italia
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The Mundaka Challenge 2012

The inaugural Billabong Mundaka Challenge is set to bring back the world’s best tuberiders to Mundaka, one of the world’s best waves. A two-and-a-half-month waiting...

The Mundaka Challenge 2012
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ASP Releases 2012 World Tour Schedule

The World Tour schedule will look pretty similar to this previous year’s bar the highly-anticipated re-appearance of a stop in Fiji, which is set for...

ASP Releases 2012 World Tour Schedule
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U.K.'s Matt Capel in Indo

UK rippper and summer festival-goer Matt Capel gets his jig on in Indo.

U.K.'s Matt Capel in Indo
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CEO Brodie Carr Resigns from ASP International

Following one of the biggest public blunders ever, Kelly Slater’s premature title crowning at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, and the considerable amount...

CEO Brodie Carr Resigns from ASP International
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Nazaré, Portugal Pumps

Garrett McNamara makes history again by breaking the current record of the biggest wave ever surfed. The wave came during the two month period of...

Nazaré, Portugal Pumps
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Brother to join Medina on tour

In a fast-paced, over-crowded, disposable world, it’s goodbye Dane Reynolds and Jordy Smith, hello Gabriel Medina and Kolohe Andino. That’s right, Brother’s recent win at...

Brother to join Medina on tour
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Homeboy Jamie O' In A Spot Of Turtle Trouble

Posted on the Daily Mail website a couple of days ago, North Shore homeboy Jamie O’ could be faced with a fine of up to...

Homeboy Jamie O' In A Spot Of Turtle Trouble
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Volcom's road-tested season II, Surf Ep. 3 - Western Australia w/ Kalbarri

Check out season II, surf episode 3 of Volcom’s road-tested video series! Featuring the surf stylings of Parker Coffin, Bemmy, Andrew Doheny, Courtney Brown, Ozzie Wright,...

Volcom's road-tested season II, Surf Ep. 3 - Western Australia w/ Kalbarri
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